IMC - Metals America Planning Major Expansions With Entry Into the ETP Copper Rod Market and Additional Rod Production

Prime Materials Recovery, Inc. announces the contracting of an SCR 4500 copper rod system from the Southwire Company for installation at its subsidiary, IMC - Metals America, LLC in Shelby, N.C. This new line will be installed in a purpose-built plant at the existing site and will mark PMR/IMC's entry into the ETP copper rod market. 

In a separate initiative, IMC will also be increasing OF (oxygen-free) copper rod production capacity with the purchase and installation of a new line from Upcast OY based in Pori, Finland.

Sitework is expected to begin in the third quarter of 2023 and will bring 75-80 new jobs to Cleveland County, N.C.